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on main railway north from Melbourne
== Beginnings ==
Old Longwood, the first settlement, is to the east of Longwood
Old Longwood was a junction point for the gold convoys from places like [[Gobur|Gobur]] ([[The Argus at KellyGang 31/8/1861|Argus31/8/61]])
There were a number of swamps in the area that were hard to cross ([[The Argus at KellyGang 22/1/1876|Argus22/1/76]])
(New) Longwood began life as a railway stop on the line to Benalla and Wangaratta
== Importance of Longwood ==
'''Photograph'''
Map A [[Coaches|coach]] ran from [[Mansfield|Mansfield]] to Longwood via [[Gobur|Gobur]], Kanumbra, Merton, Woodfield, Bonnie Doon, and [[Maindample|Maindample]]. The White Hart Hotel was famous as the place where the coach met the railway
== What was Longwood like in the late 1870s ==
The town was over shaddowed by [[Euroa|Euroa]] and Nagambie as local centres.
Longwood or more properly new Longwood, as a town on the railway line, overshaddowed Old Longwood. Old Longwood had been established as a centre around a local property
In 1872 Longwood lost its status as a poling place in Victorian elections
The country around the area was selected ([[The Argus at KellyGang 12/10/1866 (3)|Argus12/10/66]]). Description of the town. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 8/10/1866 (3)|Argus8/10/66]])
== Facilities in Longwood in the late 1870s ==
'''Population''' '''Hotels''' The White Hart Hotel
Paddy's Hotel '''Schools''' '''Hawker''' '''Fred [[Frederick Becroft|Becroft]]''' came from Longwood ([[The Argus at KellyGang 10/8/1880 (3)|Argus10/8/80]]) '''Other things of interest''' Pound keeper '''Dan McDonald'''
'''John Pearson Rowe''' was appointed a [[Courts|Magistate]] in 1876
Mail route from Longwood to [[Mansfield|Mansfield]] via Merton, [[Doon|Doon]], and [[Maindample|Maindample]] - Robertson Wagner & Co
== Links to the KellyGang ==
After the [[Euroa|Euroa]] robbery Ass Com [[Nicolson|Nicolson]] got the police under SConst [[Johnston|Johnson]] and Det [[Ward|Ward]] to search from the road between [[Mansfield|Mansfield]] and Longwood towards [[Strathbogie Ranges|Strathbogie]]. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 14/12/1878 (2)|Argus14/12/78]])([[Royal Commission report day 2 page 15|RC533]])
Longwood was the southern boundary of the North Eastern police district ([[Royal Commission report day 14 page 13|RC3299]])
Where the KellyGang in the Blue Range between Cobur and Longwood before the Euroa robbery ? ([[The Argus at KellyGang 17/12/1878 (3)|Argus17/12/78]])
== Members of the Longwood community ==
Fred [[Frederick Becroft|Beecroft]]'s family lived at Longwood
== What is happening at Longwood today ==
Many of the original buildings have either been burnt down by fires of neglected and the train no longer stops at Longwood. But there is more than enough to see to be able to imagine those days when Longwood was one of the coaching towns where people got off the train and caught the caoch to Mansfield and beyond 7-feb-12
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